4048 MATHEMATICS GCE ORDINARY LEVEL SYLLABUS (202 )

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Compound interest
n
r
Total amount = P 1 +
100

Mensuration

Curved surface area of a cone = rl

Surface area of a sphere = 4 r 2

1 2
Volume of a cone = r h
3

4 3
Volume of a sphere = r
3

1
Area of triangle ABC = absin C
2

Arc length = r , where is in radians

Sector area = 1 r2 , where is in radians

2

Trigonometry

a = b = c
sin A sin B sin C

a2 = b2 + c2 2bc cos A
Statistics

fx
Mean =
f

2
fx2 _ fx
Standard deviation =
f f

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 4047 ADDITIONAL MATHEMATICS GCE ORDINARY LEVEL SYLLABUS (2021)

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1. ALGEBRA

Quadratic Equation
For the equation ax2 + bx + c = 0,
− b ± b 2 − 4ac
x=
2a

Binomial expansion
n n n
(a + b )n = a n +  a n −1b +  a n − 2 b 2 + ... +  a n − r b r + ... + b n ,
1  2 r

n n! n(n − 1) ... (n − r + 1)

where n is a positive integer and   = =
 r  r!(n − r )! r!

2. TRIGONOMETRY

Identities

sin2 A + cos2 A = 1
sec2 A = 1 + tan2 A
cosec2 A = 1 + cot2 A
sin(A ± B) = sin A cos B ± cos A sin B
cos(A ± B) = cos A cos B ∓ sin A sin B
tan A ± tan B
tan( A ± B) =
1 ∓ tan A tan B
sin 2A = 2sin A cos A
cos 2A = cos2 A – sin2 A = 2cos2 A – 1 = 1 – 2sin2 A
2tan A
tan2 A =
1 − tan 2 A

Formulae for ∆ABC

a b c
= =
sin A sin B sin C
a 2 = b 2 + c 2 − 2bc cos A
1
∆ = bc sin A
2